Did the deceased say something like: “I’m coming back to get you”?
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For me that’s the only thing that would make it justified, but the sheriff didn’t mention it.
I think we are both getting at the same point: This case really turns on what the shooter was thinking and whether there was any objective reason for him to shoot the deceased, who seemed to be backing away. If for example, the shooter told the cops: This guy came out of know where and knocked me down, I was disoriented, I thought he was coming back at me, I heard the girlfriend coming towards me, etc, that would make a difference. Or perhaps he thought the guy had a gun and was going to shoot him and that’s why he shot. I agree that this case is probably manslaughter unless the shooter proffered a reasonable explanation. Finally, SYGround is b.s. It has nothing to do with this case. I think its a convenient way for sympathetic law enforcement to not charge him by saying “Gee, its the SYG law...We had no choice.”
Though he DID say that force was justified. Stand your ground doesn’t change that, does it?